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Sergiy FedorovJustice Department eliminates Trump-era case quotas for immigration judges (CNN)The Justice Department is ending the use of case quotas for immigration judges that became a point of contention during the Trump administration for undercutting judges’ authority and discretion, according to an email obtained by CNN. Immigration judges — employees of …
Immigration activists walked out on a virtual meeting with the Biden administration, accusing it of ‘playing politics with human lives’ Immigration activists walked out on a virtual meeting with top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration on Saturday, Politico reported. Before the start of the virtual meeting, activists asked for some time …
Homeland Security secretary orders ICE to stop mass raids on immigrants workplaces Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will no longer conduct mass raids on workplaces where undocumented immigrants are employed, according to a new order by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The real problem, Mayorkas said in a memorandum released Tuesday, …
Biden administration takes new steps to preserve Obama-era DACA immigration program (CNN)The Biden administration Monday morning took steps to save the Obama-era DACA program that shields hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been the subject of …
DHS issues new arrest and deportation guidelines to immigration agents Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued broad new directives to immigration officers Thursday saying that the fact that someone is an undocumented immigrant “should not alone be the basis” of a decision to detain and deport them from the United …